Chapter 2: "Red or Blue? Your Choice"

Pairings: UmiMaki, RinPana, NozoNico, HonoKoto

Summary: Things have now gone to a very bad yet awkward start with the appearance of this mysterious new student that a lot of people have been talking about. If that isn't bad enough, Eli Ayase is plotting something big against the new girl who she loathes so much since they crossed swords. But what could this plan be and there is something that makes this new girl very… appealing but within the next day, something goes wrong and the invincible Umi Sonoda breaks for one reason…

Word Count: 10,003K words

Note: At this point, you're gonna see some drama and some more lewd by two characters that want to get to know Kanan Matsuura a bit personally. However, as dirty as it may sound, it's not what you're going to expect it to end much and it's going to really hurt a lot. Also, this chapter will introduce Nozomi Tojo and Nico Yazawa as an established couple. Expect some lewd moments but also some painful ones because this chapter will be the pinnacle of UmiMaki in this story, so get ready for some hurting.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Love Live or any of the materials used in this fanfic: only my imagination. Feel free to correct me and I will take responsibility of my actions.

Special Note: Heed this, there will be suffering and it won't be from the characters you know and love, it will come from someone you don't expect it to come from.

A few days have passed since Kanan became a student of Otonokizaka University College. Things haven't been what you would expect to be just a "normal" day in college. For Kanan, this is just the tip of the iceberg as she has to deal with the typical issues between keeping her identity a secret and Eli Ayase causing trouble for her and her new friends. Today is no exception for them.

Kanan, Kotori, Rin, and Hanayo are having their usual lunch time and enjoying their time together to get to know Kanan a lot better since Kanan's unexpected arrival to this university despite the weird and odd moments that take place. Kotori and Kanan have been hanging out more and more than usual and other students have noticed this though Kanan still poses as Kotori's long distant cousin but no one has gotten wise to the charade; not yet that is. However, some students have been eyeing on the new girl not because of her unusual height or her awkward appearance, it's mainly because of her carefree personality and the only person to stand up against Ayase.

As they have their usual conversation while they eat, Kotori decides to explain more about what her mother told her a few days ago about the university's financial support that keeps the college afloat and its deep history that connects to it. It's no surprise that Kotori would know this but for her to explain about it to a foreigner like Kanan is something else.

"So I guess there is more to it than what your mother explained before, huh?"

"Yes, there is some deep history about Otonokizaka University that only families like mine or Ayase's know about."

"Tell me now; what's the connection with your family and theirs? Also, the connection with Otonokizaka and FIU as well; I really want to know more about this."

"Do you really want to know about it? Things like this have a price you know. This is not a game." Kotori cryptically tells her.

"You obviously think that the truth is that horrible or just torturing that I won't be able to handle. That's where you're wrong. Stuff like this is nothing to me much; I've paid for things much worse than whatever you're going to tell me."

"It's not about the truth being painful or anything. It's about how far are you willing to pay for something that is meant to stay hidden or never meant to be opened. You may be able to tolerate or take in anything that gets thrown at you but about the people around you. Are you willing to let others suffering for something like this?"

"Stop playing games here. I want to know and I'm willing to pay the price for it. So tell me now."

"Very well then. What my mother didn't tell you was that the top 3 families that support and fund this university are simply not financial supporters; they are in fact the founders of this university along with my family. This was taking place during the late 1960's when my family and others were approached by someone from FIU who was looking for supporters and founders for a university here in Japan that would be the sister campus for the one in the United States. This is when the Ayases, the Sonodas, and the Nishikinos came up and offered the best deal with my family. From that point on, our families were known as the "Big Elite Four" because of how powerful our families were financially. On top of that, we had the most powerful influence in the whole country. However, there was a big price for all of this."

"What was that price for it?"

"That is something I can't say for the time being since this is not the right time or place to explain that secret."

"Why not? Are you scared or something?"

"It's not that. You need to know that this place has eyes and ears and you really don't want to get caught in something you will regret. So, I will tell you when the time comes but remember that everything has a price. Even if you are willing and able to pay for it, some things are not worth the price"

Kanan simply backs down and doesn't press on the issue anymore since she knows that Kotori is right about one thing. There are people around that might want to cause trouble to her just to keep the truth quiet but that's not very likely with the majority of students. The real problem of it comes from the families that founded this university. For now, Kanan doesn't bother to ask but she still wants to know about the dark secret that Kotori can't tell her about. But that is the least of her worries. The main concern for her is Ayase who hasn't stopped her typical bothering on her and her friends that are trying to have a normal day. She also notices that Ayase has been on her case much but her tall friends have been holding back or not trying to get involved but she knows that it's only a matter of time until they stick their noses into the mess.

Eli is walking around after her class just finished and she's that Umi and Maki are waiting around for her to come by. They don't look quite too happy about seeing her or dealing with her "plans" for the new girl. However, Eli is not her usual grumpy or angry self these days. In fact, she seems mellowed out but with an irritated look on her face.

"Tell me what you got for me?" Eli coldly asks them.

"Well, Ms. Robot Ayase. There's nothing at all about this Kanan Matsuura, aside from the fact that she's an American and she's living with Minami for the time being." Maki explains to her

"Not only that, she's consider as a senior due to the fact that she is graduating soon as soon as she finishes her last 3 classes. However, I did find out that she's a military serviceman which puts her as a high status student." Umi adds to the explanation.

"So that explains why she's considered as a high status student. The only loophole in the university's application requirement that allows her to be consider as a privileged student. Damn it all."

"Well, it's no surprise about it but back then, only servicemen that serves this country's military was the exception to the restriction requirement. Now the rule became universal when it was found as discrimination towards other countries' servicemen who wanted more privilege access to this university. Though, I must say, she's quite the cute girl for being a military soldier. And that body too…."

"SHAMELESS! Don't talk like that, Maki." Umi yells out

"Geez, relax. I'm not interested in her but it's just…"

They both look at Maki with curious looks on their faces.

"A lot of students can't resist her for some reason and are even in fact, lured by her mysterious aura and charm. Even Kotori looks a bit swoon by her." Maki gets a little deep in her thoughts.

"Such shameless thoughts you're having, Maki. You should be better than that." Umi angrily responds.

"Damn it, Umi. I was simply stating a fact, especially if you haven't noticed some of the students are gossiping and talking about her nonstop much. There's nothing shameless about stating the truth."

"She's right, Umi. I've been hearing a lot of talks about the new girl and even some of my classmates wouldn't stop talking about her during the lectures. It's really getting on my nerves lately and I'm getting so fed up with this Kanan Matsuura girl. I want to get rid of her which is why I'm still planning on ways to get her expelled from this university."

Both Maki and Umi were shocked to hear that Eli wants to get Kanan expelled from Otonokizaka, which shouldn't come as a surprise but for some reason, they didn't expect that Eli would honestly say that out loud, more or less, say it in front of them just like that.

"Uh, are you listening to yourself when you talk like that? because honestly, you sound like a crazy person when you say things like that."

"Are you saying that my plan is complete nonsense?"

"What I'm saying is you are out of your damn mind when you said that you want to expel the new girl out because you hate her."

"Not really, I'm perfectly sane and it's something that I really want to do. Ever since she came to this university, I've began to loathe that girl for being rebellious and a threat to the natural order here."

Maki couldn't stand what she is hearing and grabs the tall blonde by her shirt collar with Umi looking surprised at what is happening right now. However, she dares not to intervene because she knows that Maki is not going to do anything rash or crazy.

"Listen to me, you stupid fuck. If you want to engage in hostility with this girl, then do so at your own risk but D don't think for a moment that you're going to drag me and Umi into this because we will have nothing to do with your personal problem with her. You got that, you stupid cunt?"

Eli doesn't say a single word and simply pushes off Maki's hands off of her. She begins to walk away, indicating that she didn't listen to a single word that Maki told her, which is something that annoys or pisses her off sometimes when dealing with Ayase like this. She turns her attention to Umi.

"So, what do you have in mind in dealing with this?"

"Well, since Grumpy Ayase doesn't want to deal with this in a very delicate manner, then we should handle this in our way."

"How delicate do you want this to be?"

"Don't worry about that, I know of a way we can get what we want from this new girl."

Continuing on with their lunch and conversation, Kotori unexpectedly squeals out loud and the others wonder why she did that all of a sudden. Kanan can see two hands are grabbing Kotori's breasts and squeezing them from behind her. She demands on whoever is behind Kotori to reveal themselves and stop teasing the poor girl like that. A giggling laughter follows up by the person who emerges from behind

"Aw, you're no fun,' says the purple hair girl

Kanan then hears a scowling voice from a raven hair girl with twintails who tells the purple hair girl to stop bothering them.

"God damn it, Nozomi. I can't leave you for one second and instead, you're bothering these girls with your silly breast grabbing antics as usual."

"Aww, Nicocchi~ Are you feeling jealous or something?"

"As if, you boob monster. You're my girlfriend after all. Why would I be jealous? All I'm saying is that you shouldn't bother these kids with your ridiculous washi washi attack."

"Hey, don't call us kids here. We're adults, you shrimp."

"Who are you calling a shrimp, you tall meathead idiot?"

"Now now, Nicocchi~ don't be rude to the new girl since she's a senior like us."

Nozomi turns to look at Kanan and simply smile at her which causes Kanan to put up an awkward smile and laughs nervously at the sudden look from Nozomi. Nico then decides to pinch Nozomi's cheeks and Nozomi simply complains about it. Everyone just laughs at the silly antics of Nico and Nozomi. Suddenly, a certain redhead girl comes in and looks at them with a serious look on her face.

"What the hell are you guys laughing at?" Maki demands.

"That's none of your business, Maki-chan," Nico responds.

"Nicocchi, that's not nice to say. Be nice to Maki-chan."

"Don't worry about it, Nozomi. I didn't come here to argue with her. I came here to ask the new girl something." She turns to look at Kanan who simply spit out her drink as soon as Maki looks at her with a mischievous smile.

"What?" What do you want from me now, tomato head? Is there something on my face?"

"Nope, I just wanted to ask if you're free at the moment. If not, then let me know when you're available because I want to have a nice private conversation with you and give you a nice medical checkup. If you don't mind at all that is."

"Err, okay? Uh, I think sometime this afternoon because I need to work on an online quiz today after we finish lunch here, which shouldn't take longer to do."

"Good then, just remind yourself to meet me at the Health Services Complex building on the 3rd floor. That's where I hang out with a classmate of mine and study at. I do hope you know where the building is at."

"Yeah, I know where it's at, no need to throw a map at me to look for the damn thing."

"Good then, I guess I'll be off right now." Maki simply walks away before she stops to look at Nozomi who simply waves and smiles at her, giving her an uneasy feeling towards her. "Eh, Nozomi, don't you have somewhere to be at instead of hanging out here?"

"Not really. I'm having fun with these nice people and Nicocchi, teasing them with my little "surprise".

Maki simply put off an odd disgusted look on her face. The thought of what Nozomi just said to her gave her a chill down her spine and it was something that she didn't want to think about since she knows what Nozomi's little "surprise" means. She scoffs it off and simply walks away without saying a word while Nozomi just keeps on smiling at her. Nozomi breaks off her smile and turns to look at Nico having a fun time with the others and getting along well with Kanan despite their bumpy introduction. She knows in her heart and mind that a storm of drama and pain is brewing up and it's bound to unleash itself in a way that no one expects it. She clears of that thought after thinking about it for a bit and returns to having fun with her beloved Nico.

"Welp, I finished another quiz with a perfect score; I can't believe that even after doing a practice quiz, I still get a perfect score on the real deal. Geez, what a world this is." Kanan places down her notepad to the side and sits back to relax. She starts to listen to the peaceful sound of the outdoors until she hears some odd distance conversation that doesn't sound too good.

"Tell me now, Koizumi. I need to know on why you want me to give you back your glasses when you can simply use your contact lens. Oh oops, I'm sorry. I have that with me as well."

"Hey, give that back to Kayo-chin, Megumi." Rin shouts out.

Megumi Ichiro was not the type who picks on random people. She prefers picking on people that are close to Kotori and torment their regular college life for some reason that is not clear to anyone but herself and her two friends Mina and Rena that act like her bodyguards.

"Aww, what's the matter, Hoshizora? Aren't you going to get them back for her or are you too chicken to get them?"

"Why you…."

Rin charges in to snatch Hanayo's glasses and contacts from Megumi but Rena jumps in and knocks down the ginger hair girl to the floor which prompts Hanayo to start crying for her unconscious girlfriend and tells them to leave them alone.

"Boo, and we were starting to have a little fun here."

"I'll give some fun, Right here."

Suddenly, Rena gets smacked in the back of her head and drops down to the ground hard. Kanan shows up in the nick of time and charges at Mina. She gives the other idiot a palm smack to the face and knocks her down, giving her a dose of nose pain. Megumi tries in vain to hit the tall girl but fails when Kanan dodges and grabs hold of her arm. She is caught in a painful arm lock and angrily swears at Kanan.

"So tell me. Are you having fun now or should I kick it up a notch?" Kanan says sadistically

"Fuck you, you nosy interfering bitch."

"What was that? More you say?"

Kanan continues to hold the girl in the painful arm lock she has her in and starts to pull her arm back, creating intense pain for the bully who was screaming out in pain. The last thing Megumi wanted to feel is extreme pain and being at the mercy from a strange girl who was taller and stronger than her and there was no way to break away from it with both of her friends incapacitated. She knows that she can't hold out and pleas to her to let her go.

"Alright then, I'll let go once you apologize to my friends here. If you don't, I'll make it more unbearable for you than you can possibly imagine."

Okay… I'm sorry… Please, no more…"

"Good, now give Koizumi her glasses and contact lens back and take your blockhead friends out of here."

Kanan lets go of Megumi's arm and she gives back Hanayo her glasses and contact lens without protest. She then helps out Rena who regained consciousness and dragged their other friend away.

"T-Thank you for helping us, Ms. Matsuura," Hanayo tearfully tells her.

Kanan walks over to them and checks to see if Rin was alright.

"Don't worry now; Rin is alright, just a bump on the head, nothing more. She'll be okay."

"T-Thank you again for saving us, Ms. Matsuura."

"Call me Kanan. No need to be so formal with me just because I'm a senior. I'm not like snobby upperclassmen." She smiles at them.

Rin comes around, feeling groggy as hell, N-Nya… K-Kayo-chin…." She regains consciousness but feels a bit of pain while trying to move after getting knocked down to the ground hard.

"Rin-chan… thank god you're okay. Everything is alright now; Ms. Matsuura came to our rescue and scared those bullies away."

"I-I'm glad… as long as you're safe, my sweet Kayo-chin." Rin places her hand on Hanayo's cheek while Hanayo is crying her eyes out for her sweet girlfriend.

Kanan looks at her cellphone's clock and notices that she has plenty of time before her next class but remembers that she has to meet with Nishikino.

"Err, sorry. I have to go now since I remember that I need to meet Nishikino at the Health Services Complex. I'm sorry that I have to leave you two alone here but I know that you'll be okay since those bullies won't dare to come back after the stomping I did to them. Take good care now and let me know tomorrow if everything went okay for you two, okay?"

"O-Okay, I will. Thank you so much."

Kanan takes her leaves and walks while looking behind to see Hanayo tending to Rin but she knows that they'll be alright. She thinks about that she should have arrived sooner to help out but she tries not to dread on the thought of it as she needs to focus on her little "appointment" ahead.

"Make sure that you carefully lift the person's head next time because that will cause some complications if you're not gentle with the patient. You got that, Kunikida?"

"Y-Yes, Maru understand, Ms. Nishikino. Maru will keep practicing and training hard until Maru gets the hang of it."

"I know you will. You're a smart and bright girl," Maki compliments her.

Maki looks to see that Kanan is tapping on the door to indicate that she's here for her "appointment". She then pats Hanamaru on the head and tells her that she has a guest she needs to see and tend to. Hanamaru looks behind to see a tall blue hair ponytail girl looking at them from outside.

"Alright then, I need to leave for my next class that starts in ten minutes. Good luck and have a nice day, Ms. Nishikino." She bows and walks with Maki escorting her to the door.

They wave goodbye to each other before Maki's attention turns to Kanan who is simply spaced out at the fact that someone like Maki would be a gentle angel and not a classy snob like Ayase. But that was the furthest thing in her mind, the only thing she wants to know is why did someone like Nishikino wanted to speak with her about and do a medical "checkup" from out of the blue like that.

"So are you going to stand there like an idiot or do I need to drag you inside?"

"Err, sorry about that. I was totally spaced out and thinking about something."

"Oh? Really now, I wonder what could it be then?

"Don't get the wrong idea there, woman." She looks at the redhead girl with displeasing and serious look. She knows that she doesn't have time for ridiculous games or teasing jokes. She simply wants to get this appointment over with and move on. "Let's just get this ridiculous thing over with."

"Sure, just sit over here while I get my stuff ready."

Kanan sits down at a nearby table and lets out a sigh, expressing her discomfort on how things turned out today and dealing with bullies that were trying to make things complicated for her.

"I need to know something."

"Hm? What's up?"

"Who was that girl you were with just a moment ago?"

"That is a transfer student from another university. Her name is Hanamaru Kunikida and I'm helping her out in practicing medicine since she asked for my help when she came on her first day here. She's a very sweet girl, a little slow but very sweet and smart."

"I see now. For a moment there, I made the dumb assumption that she was your shrimpy girlfriend there. Ha."

"Fuck you. I don't have time for dating and relationships. I need to focus all my time in studying and important work."

"You're such a terrible lair, tomato head," Kanan mutters to herself.

"What did you say?"

"Eh, it's nothing. I was simply muttering to myself about something. Let's just get this weird shit over with now please."

"So impatient aren't you? Let's begin, shall we?"

Maki sits in front of Kanan pulls out some of her medical tools from her bag to use them to give Kanan a physical examination. She brings out her stethoscope and unbuttons Kanan's shirt slowly yet oddly in a way that is making her blush a little bit. Makin begins to think some unusual thoughts in her mind and not the kind she wants to have since she wasn't interested in getting intimate with someone she hardly knows, much less with this tall girl who is crazy in the head. She shakes her head a bit and continues on; she moves around Kanan's chest to get a trace of sound of her heartbeat while she softly touches and plays around with her breast. Kanan moans a bit from feeling something she didn't expect to feel and it's making it hard for her to control her moans.

"There we go, I hear your heartbeat right now and it's beating a bit rapidly at the moment. I wonder why."

Suddenly, Maki pauses for a moment and drops her stethoscope while she breathes softly in a trance as she softly fondles with Kanan's breast a bit more. She wonders what would happen if she plays with her chest a bit more and places her other hand on the other breast. She starts to fondle with both of Kanan's breasts so lewdly and feeling the urge to get more intimate with the tall blue hair girl as she enjoys hearing her moans just from fondle her breasts like that. Her impulsive instincts kick in and she starts to lick one of Kanan's breasts so gently and softly, feeling and savoring its sweet wonderful taste. With that, Maki starts to give in to her lewd thoughts and aggressively licks Kanan's breast more while Kanan starts to moan uncontrollably from this new pleasuring sensation she has never felt in her life, not since the other day when Kotori licked her stomach when they first met. She knows now that Maki has lost control of herself and feels her tongue licking her nipple like a little plaything. She can't help but moan from feeling something that she never experienced in her whole life, not even while in active military service. Maki shifts and starts to lick the top part of Kanan's neck above her choker collar for a bit until she moves up to her ear and tell her something in her ear.

"Do you want to know a little secret about me?"

"…"

"I have a thing for blueberries. Do you know why?"

"N-No?"

"Because of the color blue and its sweet savoring taste. But also, the color reminds of me of a special someone that I want to be with."

She tries so hard to break away from this because she knows in her mind that what Nishikino is doing to her is wrong and not because she's a strange to the redhead but it's mainly because of her intuition feeling that this girl has feelings for someone and what they are doing is not right for each other, even after what Maki told her in her ear. Kanan musters all of her willpower and breaks off the intimate lewd moment.

"S-STOP IT! No more please."

"W-What? Why not? Did I do something wrong?"

Kanan grabs Maki by her arms and takes a moment as she breathes hard and tries to saying something to her."D-Don't… ever do that again, you hear? I don't ever want you to what you did just now like that again because this is just... not right... It's not because of your blueberry taste since you just said it to me. You're doing this because my hair color reminds you of someone that you're suppressing your feelings for."

At that moment, Kanan hit a sore spot in Maki's heart and mind. She knows that what she did was not because she liked the new girl or her wonderful breasts but mainly because her feelings for Umi Sonoda that is causing Maki's heart to start hurting. She starts to stagger back while clenching her chest where her heart is really hard, knowing that what she did was cheating the person she was in love with for a long time and betraying a trust that they have forged since their days in high school. But this feeling has caused her to feel anger towards the tall girl because of the fact that she knows about her true feelings for Sonoda and demands her to leave.

"Get out…. GET OUT OF HERE NOW! GET OUT OF MY FACE, YOU…."

Kanan simply buttons her shirt up and walks out slowly but stops for a moment next to Maki and tells her something important.

"If you think that hurts, then you haven't felt what I have felt for my whole life but I suggest that you don't try to think about it and hurt yourself even further. That's all I have to say."

She then walks out the door and closes it behind. Maki stands with her fists clenched up and starts to feel the pain building up more. Her instincts have betrayed her heart and she knows that if Umi ever found out what she did between her and Matsuura, then Umi would never forgive her for betraying her trust. She releases her rage by throwing things on the floor and trashing the room a bit before she stops and sits down; she begins to cry and scratches the left side of her neck where her tattoo is at as she thinks about what she had done while she looks at a picture of her beloved on her cellphone.

"Forgive me, Umi…. Please… forgive me…

Umi is hanging out underneath a sheltered walkway that connects one of the parking garages with the Financial Office building as she admires the beautiful late morning sky as the new day starts off for her. She leans back and takes out what appears to be a red apple. She looks at it for a bit, gazing and admiring the beauty of her favorite colored fruit while brushes her hair back after feeling a nice gentle breeze blow by.

"I love red apples so much; so beautiful and delicious just like someone I know." She takes a bite of her sweet red apple

"So you're admiring the color red, I see. That is so cute and silly of you." Kanan answers unexpectedly from behind.

Umi turns to see a familiar yet unexpected face that she didn't expect to see or sneak up behind her.

"What the…Kanan? You scared me there for a minute. How did you sneak up from behind me like that?"

"Well, believe it or not, I came around from the other side instead of the typical route I take. Also, you were too busy admiring and look at your precious apple to even notice me. I shit you not on this."

"I see… ugh…"

"Anyways, I came by here to let you know that I had an interesting yet odd meeting with your close friend Nishikino. Or is it perhaps, your lover?"

"Don't be ridiculous, you idiot. Maki and I are not lovers, I do love and care about her but not enough for me to be in love with 's too good for someone like me; the only thing I'm good for is hurting people without knowing or meaning to. Maki honestly deserves someone better than me."

"Ouch, that's really harsh there on the poor girl. I mean, it's not like she's in love with someone else or something, especially how mad she got over what she did to me yesterday."

"Wait, what did you say? What did she do to you yesterday?"

"Err, forget what I said, I've said too much and it's not my place to-"

Umi interrupts her by suddenly grabbing her by the arms and looks straight into her eyes. At that moment, Umi's face starts to turn a bit red and feels a bit fluttered by the fact that she is holding onto a girl who is slightly taller than her but feels like they can a lot of things in common. Umi slowly moves in and starts to gently kiss Kanan on the upper part of her neck, same place where Nishikino kissed her at. Kanan didn't expect this much but now she feels like some magnet that for girls due to her physical appearance and body build but also because of how mysterious she is. She knows that Umi has fallen into the same mesmerizing phase but this time, she is prepared to resist and turn the tables on the bluenette girl. She moves her hand slowly behind Umi's left ear and simply starts to rub where her ear piercing is at, causing Umi to cease her actions and moan to the gentle rub that Kanan is doing to her ear.

"I see now… Your left ear is your sensitive weak spot, especially with a beautiful ear piercing like that. I didn't expect that you were that sensitive there."

She softly strokes Umi's ear so carefully and starts to smile a bit in a sadistic manner, knowing full well that she is able to take advantage of the bluenette's weakness. That was, until someone called out Sonoda's name."

"Umi? What the fuck is going on here?"

"Uh oh, this won't end well," Kanan mutters to herself.

Umi snaps out of her moment and looks to see that Maki is staring at her with a shock look in her face. For this to happen of all time, there was nothing that Umi could say because she knows that any kind of excuse she could try to use wouldn't work since they were caught red-handed and in public view for anyone to unexpectedly drop in but of course luckily, Maki was the one who caught them but unfortunately, this is not a good sign at all because now, Umi has committed the most shameful act she could ever have done and right in front of the person who has very deep feelings for her yet pretends that she doesn't know about it; however, the only thing she could think of at this very moment is trying to get out of this mess.

"M-Maki, this is not what it looks here. This girl is the one who made me do such a shameless thing…"

"No… I don't want to hear your excuses, Sonoda…." Maki tells her off in a tearful manner.

It was then that her heart felt a sharp pain just from Maki calling her by her last name formally, indicating that their relationship have turned for the worst. Ever since their high school days and early friendship, both Umi and Maki refused to address to each other by their last names formally, not because they dislike it or anything, it's mainly because they have been very intimate with each other that it became a habit for them to call each other on first name basis. The only time they address each other by their last name is when something like what occurred just now. Umi can feel the pain of it, she can honestly feel the pain she has caused to not only to herself but to Maki of all people she loves dear to her and what's worse is she tried to hurtfully lie her way out of it, which she felt was a betrayal to the trust she had with her.

"Well, looks like I ruined much of this secret romance here but this is just entertaining right here. Ha." She says out loud followed by laughter.

"Damn you…" Umi notices that Kanan is mocking them indirectly but she only focuses her attention on Maki who is crying her eyes out in painfully. "Maki, please… I'm…. sorry. I couldn't control my own instincts, it just happened so fast and unexpected that I didn't know what I was doing and I just…"

"No… just… no… I came here to tell you what happened yesterday and I wanted you to know the truth and be honest with my true feelings for you but… you tried to lie to me just now and I simply can't…. my poor heart can't handle this…It's over, Sonoda…"

Maki simply couldn't say anymore and runs off because she couldn't stand looking at the person who betrayed her heart. Umi tries to stop her but she stopped before she can try to grab her. Her mind was messing around with her feelings and actions she tried her best to hold back her tears. Kanan chuckles a bit from behind, knowing that her twisted side is beginning to take over after witnessing the painful drama unfolded.

"Why would you do this to me? I thought we were friends here? Is this some sick joke to you or what?"

Kanan simply doesn't answer but keeps her head down with her twisted smile on

"ANSWER ME! DAMN YOU!"

Umi charges in and throws a lightning fast punch, only for the tall girl to simply intercept and grab her fist as if it was nothing to her. Kanan looks up at the bluenette girl with a sadistic twisted look in her face, simply laughing and taunt poor girl until Umi gives in and starts to cry her eyes out knowing full well that she is powerless to stop this mysterious monster that stands before like a maniacal insane person. Umi was never the kind to cry so easily like this; she always have a calm and collective behavior that made it close to impossible to break her but for some reason, today felt like something went horribly wrong and on top of that, losing the most important person in her life just like that in one fell swoop.

"So tell me, Sonoda. How does it feel to suffer pain like that? Does it hurt much? HA!"

"You monster… I trusted you…" Umi drops to her knees and wraps her arms around herself in pain, crying in pain and demanding answers from the twisted girl who is tormenting at this point. "Why… Why do this to me and to the person I love…. I want to know why…."

"Simple, my naive friend; I know that you and Nishikino follow and take orders from Ayase. This is a message to let you trio idiots know who the one in charge of this university. Just imagine the possibilities on what I can do if I rule this damn school with an iron fist. I will be the powerful general while the three of you would be my loyal obedient little soldiers that will do what I tell them to do and strike fear into everyone in this school without questions."

Kanan starts to laugh maniacally while Umi feels so confused and scared by the tall girl's declaration. Suddenly, Kanan snaps out of her insane laughter and places her hand over her right eye, showing signs of suffering from a headache and coming back to her senses. Frustrated of the fact that she just went apeshit on two people that didn't do anything wrong towards her, now she feels the mental anguish and regret of it.

"I don't know what just happened… My twisted side just emerged out of nowhere all of a sudden and for no reason at all. I just… No, I'm sorry, Umi... Forgive me, it's all my fault." She runs away feeling angry at herself while leaving Umi feeling even more confused and hurting. Umi simply does nothing at all but cry on her knees like a scared child alone as the day continues on.

Kotori has been walking around the campus for almost two hours looking for Kanan who has disappeared without saying a word or calling her. She starts to worry so much she knows that this is not like for Kanan to simply vanish without a trace. She had no choice but to ask her friends for help. As she continues to look around for the tall girl, she sees some of the student gossiping a bit on something about Nishikino, Sonoda, and the new girl. She has a bad feeling in her heart that it might have to do something related to Kanan might have done to them. She listens in for a bit until some of the students move to the side in fear and panic as Eli is walking pass them in a furious rage after she got word on what happened and that there is something weird happening at one of the parking garages that has prompted Ayase to go over there to investigate while she mutters to herself angrily. Kotori knows now that the situation is going to turn for the worst if Eli finds Kanan first before she does. She tries to follow Ayase, only for to be grabbed by the wrist by someone she didn't expect to show up at this moment

"K-Kotori-chan?"

Kotori's eyes widen with shock as she sees someone she hasn't seen in a few days and now feels something hurting inside of her. "H-Honoka-chan..." She couldn't believe with her own eyes that Honoka is suffering from depression because of the way Honoka appears in front of her with her uniform all messy and her hairstyle looking all sloppy but for some odd reason, she looks like she got beaten up due to blood stains on her clothes along with cuts and bruises on her face.

"K-Kotori-chan… Please… help me…"

After saying those words, Honoka simply collapsed to the floor but Kotori frantically hold onto her from falling to the floor and starts to panic a bit quietly to avoid a commotion. She takes out her cellphone and calls one of her friends for help as she tries her best to hold back her tears but is unable to since she didn't expect this to happen to her, especially towards the person she holds dear to her heart. The only thing she could is cuddle and cry for her beloved Honoka until help arrives.

Eli enters the neighboring parking garage that is right in front of the Student Center building as she notices that it has started to rain. She didn't expect the weather to turn from sunny to an ugly rainy day but that didn't bother her much at all since she is more focus on finding out the disturbance problem. She looks around the 1st floor and sees nothing at all. She can't much noise except for the sound of the downpour along with thunder from the storm that is happening. As she continues to look and hear for anything, she picks up an odd banging noise occurring and goes in to investigate. Her fist clench together and much to her discovery, she sees Kanan banging her head on one of the parking ticket machines until Eli says something to her.

"Well now. What do we have here? Not only did you cause misery to two of my friends here but now you are vandalizing and damaging university property as if you don't care at all."

"Not… now, you…"

"Oh? What was that? Do I hear some groaning or whining coming from that stupid mouth of yours? Because right now, I'm not amused on what you did to Nishikino and Sonoda since I rely on them to help me maintain order and control in this university but ever since you came to this school, you have become more of a nuisance to me than anyone I have ever met. So give me one good reason why I shouldn't report you to the dean for what you have done right now?"

Kanan responds by pushing Eli away in a raging manner that made the blonde girl stagger for a few seconds and regain her balance.

"What the fuck? Why did you fucking push me, you little bitch?"

But Kanan doesn't answer her at all, instead she is greeted with a demonic look from the tall girl's eyes and she notices that this girl is not the same person when she confronted her a few days before. Kanan steps forward a bit towards the blonde, prompting Eli to step back since she has bad feeling that the new girl wants to pick a fight with her for provoking her.

"I… have… no… time for you, you fucking cunt…"

Eli responds by giving her a warning. "Matsuura, I know what you asking from Minami. I know that you want to the truth about this university; many students have asked the same question but they all gave up and just moved on with their lives. You're playing a dangerous game there. Some secrets better off left unanswered because you know what the price is for wanting to know a secret. So you better stop what you are trying to do or else." Eli turns around to face her.

Kanan simply tells her off. "Ayase…. Go fuck yourself to fucking hell," she slowly walks away with blood still dripping from her forehead after she cusses her out like that.

After Kanan disappears again, Eli mutters to herself on stupidly stubborn the new girl has been but also on how she will fix the mess she has caused for not only her but for the only two people that she relies on. Sonoda and Nishikino are like her "friends" that she needs to control this university but also to maintain order but now with the current situation at hand, it's going to be extreme difficult for her to maintain control on the school without her trusted "friends".

As the downpour continues on, Nozomi and Nico are wondering if the storm will subside for a moment so they can try to get to their next class which starts in 30 minutes from now but they forget their umbrellas since they didn't expect the weather to turn from clear sunny to a torrential downpour.

"Sigh… I didn't expect that today would turn out like this."

"I told you that it would rain but I had to listen to you and your damn fortune-telling predictions. I can't believe this is happening; that's the last time I listen to your damn predictions."

"Hehe, silly Nicocchi. You know that you love my fortune-telling." Nozomi giggles a bit.

While both Nozomi and Nico are thinking of a way to get through the rain, Nozomi starts to feel a little "playful" and wants to tease her beloved Nico. That is until Nico tells her something.

"You know that what surprised was how Honoka ended up all messed up like that yet no one seemed to notice how she ended up like that. I'm also surprised that she had the strength to get Kotori to help her. Still though, I just can't believe that things have turned out weird and crazy as fuck here."

"What makes you think like that, Nicocchi?"

"I really don't believe in rumors or gossips from other students but a lot of them have been talking about this Kanan Matsuura girl a lot and a few of them have made assumptions that she is responsible for a lot of batshit crap happening around and that the peace around here have been ruined because of her. I still don't believe in that but something is definitely wrong around here lately. I really don't want to point fingers here but something has to be done about that Matsuura girl because I don't know if you knew what happened today."

"Wait, what happened today?"

Nico continues on with her explanation on the whole situation that occurred today. "Well… Apparently, Sonoda and Nishikino have broken up and are no longer on friendship terms. On top of that, Sonoda broke down because of Matsuura said to her and now, that girl has disappeared or mindlessly walking around campus like a messed up dog." She finishes telling the issue to Nozomi.

Just from what Nico explained to her, Nozomi has a sinking feeling that things are going to get worse and someone will be paying the ultimate price for what is happening. A voice calls out to them.

"Excuse me, are you Nozomi Tojo and Nico Yazawa?" a male student asks.

"Yes? Who wants to know?" Nico responds.

"Be nice, Nicocchi. Is there something you want to ask about?"

"Uh, I read the committee school news report about this Kanan Matsuura and the description. I think I saw a person who fits the description on the report and I saw her somewhere between the Law College building and the Health Services building. It was really strange but I think I was hearing some weird talking coming from her but I couldn't get close, so I report this to the school board committee." The male student bows politely to them after he finishes his explanation.

"Oh, thank you very much for letting us know. We'll get right on it. Come on, Nicocchi, we have to find her before Elicchi finds her."

"Wait a minute, hold on, it's still raining you know," Nico chases after her girlfriend.

Nozomi and Nico are searching around the area for Kanan. Thankfully, the weather subsided for a moment but they don't know when it will start to downpour again, so they waste no time in looking for the tall blue hair girl before it starts to rain again. As Nozomi and Nico looks around bushes, she hears some weird muttering chatter coming from nearby. She walks very carefully so that she doesn't startle on the girl with Nico following behind her but knowing Nico, she's not the type to be sneaky much unless it involves wearing a disguise. They spot the tall girl sitting around with blood all over her forehead and her uniform all messy. Kanan is muttering incoherent words from her mouth as she moves her head around in a dazed manner like she's in a bad trance or something. Nozomi approached her with ease and tries to snap the poor girl out of it.

"Kanan, snap out of it. Come on, you need some help here."

Nico simply jumps in and gives the girl a smack on the face to snap her out of it since Nozomi can't bring herself to aggressively knock some sense into her. "Wake the fuck up, you stupid idiot; stop being all stupid here." She smacks her again until Kanan comes to her senses again.

"Why the fuck did you slap my face so hard like that, you little fucking pipsqueak?"

"You're welcome and don't call me a pipsqueak, you ungrateful idiot."

"What the fuck happened to me and I feel like I major nasty ass headache that is really killing me."

"You're bleeding from your forehead, that's why. You did something to yourself that caused that."

"Oh fucking crap… I remember that I banged my head on a parking ticket machine and then, damn ass Ayase came and was going off on her bullshit lecturing nonsense on me. I was fucking pissed off for what I did today. I didn't mean or wanted Nishikino and Sonoda to hate each other. I wanted to get them together but everything fucked up because of me. Fuck…"

"Don't beat yourself for that. I'm sure it was an honest mistake and you want to try to fix it but-"

Kanan cuts her off and gets painfully upset for what Nozomi just said to her, "an honest mistake? More like shit fuck up I did. You honestly don't know how I felt when I lost control of myself. It was like… a demon was lying dormant inside of me and waited until it was the right time to strike and destroy everything that was established in one fell swoop." She places her hand over her right eye as she feels the painful memory inside of her mind.

"Okay, listen here, you stupid tall stick; you can whine and complain all you want but it's not going to solve or fix anything if you keep moping around to the past like that. What happened happen, all you can do is try to find a solution to the problem at hand and fix it before it's too late. You get what I'm saying?" Nico tells the tall girl as nicely as she can without coming out like a grouch.

But all that talk from Nico just simply made Kanan laugh from that while groaning in pain from her head self-injury. Just as Nico was about to pout at her for laughing at her, Kanan looks down at her and sees something crawling up her hand; it was a small yet harmless spider crawling up and with that moment, she starts to hyperventilate a bit before she freaks out completely and flails her hand around in panic

"AAAAAAAAAAAAH! SPIDER! GET IT OFF OF ME! GET IT THE FUCK OFF OF ME!" She continues to flail her hand around; causing to throw the harmless little creature at Nico but Nico manages to catch it and giggles at the fact that a person like Kanan is afraid of a little harmless spider.

"Ooo, Kanan, look it's just a harmless little innocent spider. It just wants to be your friend."

But Kanan instead smacks the hell out of Nico's hand and pushes her away before she cowers and quivers in fear. Nico didn't like how she smacked her hand like because she was only joking around with her.

"Ow, what the hell is your problem? I was joking around."

"Nicocchi! Don't play around like that." Nozomi scolds her girlfriend for that joke.

"I said I was joking around though."

"Joke or not, you should realize that she is afraid of spiders, which means she gets scared even by the looks of it. Messing around with people's phobias like that is not nice. Be considered it next time, Nicocchi."

"Well sorry, I didn't know she had a phobia like that. Probably she got scared by a tarantula or-" her words get cut off when Nozomi lightly tapped her on the head for that remark.

"I'm really sorry for what Nicocchi said. I know she didn't mean but she tends to play around too much."

"I-It's okay. I'm fine now. I freaked out at a tarantula one time when I was little and someone caught but he mocked me for being afraid of it. After that experience, I'm scared of spiders of any kind regardless if it's poisonous or not."

"Well, now we know, so you don't have to worry about that. Is that right, Nicocchi?" Nozomi looks Nico with a scary glare look.

"Uh… Yeah, sure… You don't have to worry about a thing…." Nico feels the menacing aura from Nozomi because she knows that she will do her worst on her if she jokes around like that one more time.

"So uh, any ideas on how to get Sonoda and Nishikino back together and fix this mess? Because I can't do this alone since I'm afraid of my "other" side emerging again like before."

"Hmm, I think I have an idea but you need to trust us on this. Can you trust me and Nicocchi to help you?"

"I'll do anything to fix this mess I made. I put my trust with you two on this."

As the three girls continue their wonderful conversation with each other, three shadowy figures are watching from afar. Megumi Ichiro and her friends now see that Kanan is scared of spiders. She know plots a plan to take advantage of this new found weakness since she has been itching for some revenge against the tall girl because she hated how she and her friends were humiliated by some foreigner, so she wants some payback on the girl.

"So this foreigner girl is afraid of spiders. I think I have an idea on how to make this girl pay for what she did to us yesterday."

"You don't mean..."

"Yes, I mean that place and it's the perfect place for break that girl for breaking us." Megumi says with a menacing tone in her voice.

Umi hangs around her usual place but she doesn't feel like her usual self ever since what happened yesterday between her and Maki. She feels like the end of the world is upon her. Suddenly, someone calls her name out from behind. She turns around to see Nozomi looking at her with a nice smile.

"Tojo… What are you doing here and is there something you want from me?"

"Actually, I came by to give you this letter for you. It's from Maki." She winks at Umi with a happy smile as she gives the letter to her.

"From Maki? This can't be… I thought she was done dealing with me. I can't believe this… this feels like…" Umi reads the letter for a moment and felt like a huge burden on her heart has been lifted

"Just be happy, okay?"

"Okay, thank you so much, Tojo. I'm grateful for this."

"Don't waste any time now, go to her."

With that in mind, Umi wastes no time and runs off to where she going to meet Maki at and starts to cry a bit, feeling happy that she gets another chance to be truthful with the person she loves with.

Author's note: this is the cut off point for this chapter and you will get to see the other side of this plan that Nozomi came up with. This chapter also reveals Kanan's phobia of spiders which is based off my personal phobia of spiders since some of her background and personality is based off of me but with all that said, this chapter was filled with some angst feelings between Umi and Maki. I wanted it to feel a bit more painful but I don't want to cause myself or the readers overwhelming emotional pain. I hope that you enjoy this chapter and please be sure to leave some feedback for me so I can continue to improve and work on this fic. Thank you for your support.